Today I have information on the upcoming Ashes of Creation Alpha Zero (December 15, 2017) like the expected number of testers, node progressions, races, and archetypes available. Alpha Zero is still meant to be a contained experience, not an open play, but way less contained than what was shown by Intrepid Studios in PAX Prime last August.

I also explained all of the expected alpha and beta dates for Ashes of Creation, who will be able to participate in them and what we can expect to see and play in the game during those phases.

I begin with the alpha, beta, and live schedule and the Alpha Zero content starts on 1:36!

Here are my thoughts on the pre-alpha combat of Ashes of Creation. Over the weekend at PAX Prime, Intrepid Studios had a playable demo version of their flagship game Ashes of Creation. A lot of gameplay footage came pouring of the pre-alpha version over the three days that PAX players were able to play the game.

The four playable archetypes: Archer, Mage, Cleric, Tank

The game is set to go into Alpha Zero on December 15, 2017 and other more alpha phases in the months after that. A full release is still only expected to be in 2019.

Ashes of Creation is one of the most anticipated MMORPGs of the recent past having built a massive amount of hype despite not being playable in any form. Hype based on ideas- hopefully, transformative ideas aimed at the MMORPG genre.

Well this past week it was playable at PAX West and was one of the sole reasons I decided to crash the convention to get my hands on the game.. and now I have the unfortunate duty of summing up my entire experience with a single word, meh.

It's not that it was terrible, it's not even that it was alright- it's that a game promising so much.. a game that is living from a stand point of flipping the whole genre on it's head.. even their meme slogan of "Make MMOs Great Again".. funnels into this experience which feels like every other ho-hum MMORPG that's out there and the worst part is the singular thing they did different in this gameplay showing was the worst part of the entire thing. Which I don't want to go into too much d